Luana Lopes Lara Is on the Frontlines of Evolving Prediction Markets
Timeby Alana Semuels15 Sept 2026
Luana Lopes Lara is inherently an optimist—perhaps because Brazilians, she says, have a more positive outlook than people from other countries.
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top 80%Jose Alvarado Brought Puerto Rican Pride to the NBA Championship
Timeby Sean Gregory15 Sept 2026
As the New York Knicks mounted one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, erasing a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit in Game 4 of the NBA Finals in June against the San Antonio Spurs, Knicks...
Ana Valdez Is Making Business Leaders Recognize Latino Economic Power
Timeby Jack Herrera15 Sept 2026
Sometimes, when Ana Valdez walks into a C-Suite office and introduces herself, she can see the person taking in her Mexican accent and her last name with some surprise.
Mónica Ramírez Is Teaching Migrant Women How to Organize
Timeby Jack Herrera15 Sept 2026
Growing up around the rows of corn and soybeans in Fremont, Ohio, Mónica Ramírez spent her earliest days being looked after by her maternal bisabuela, or great-grandmother, Virginia Guardiola.
How Netflix Star Sofia Carson Brings Her Identity to Work
Timeby Megan McCluskey15 Sept 2026
In the 2025 Netflix romance My Oxford Year, Sofia Carson plays Anna De La Vega, an American student studying abroad at one of England’s most prestigious universities who, like Carson herself, is of...
Rachel Zegler Wants to Open Doors for Latinos in the Arts
Timeby Megan McCluskey15 Sept 2026
When Rachel Zegler was announced the winner of Best Actress in a Musical at the 2026 Laurence Olivier Awards, she initially wasn’t sure she’d won. “It was one of those crazy things,” she says.
Marina Larroudé Is Disrupting the Fashion Industry One Shoe at a Time
Timeby Shannon Carlin15 Sept 2026
Despite having worked in the fashion industry for more than 25 years, Marina Larroudé, the co-founder and creative director of footwear brand Larroudé, has never been one to wear black.
How Cástulo de la Rocha Built an Affordable Health Care Empire
Timeby Nikki Greenwood15 Sept 2026
When Cástulo de la Rocha arrived at the East LA Barrio Free Clinic in 1977, he had just moved back from Berkeley, where he’d gone to law school. “I pulled up in my old beat-up Volkswagen.
These Two Brothers Are Fighting to Protect Immigrant Families After a Tragedy
Timeby Lucy Feldman15 Sept 2026
For years, the Salgado house in Houston has been the place where the family gathers—for birthdays, holidays, and especially for New Year’s.
Xochitl Gonzalez’s Novels Put the Spotlight on Latina and Black Creatives
Timeby Mahita Gajanan15 Sept 2026
When Xochitl Gonzalez was reading literature to research her third novel, she noticed something that didn’t quite feel right: there weren’t enough scenes featuring characters of color having a ball...
Julián Castro Is Bolstering Latino Communities One Grant at a Time
Timeby Erin McMullen15 Sept 2026
Julián Castro has gotten a few things from his mother: a last name, a twin brother, a general sense of optimism, and a penchant for serving his community.
Nelson German Has a Recipe for Shaking Up the Oakland Restaurant Scene
Timeby Kaitlyn McNab15 Sept 2026
Chef Nelson German doesn’t believe in the idea of the “self-taught” culinarian. “How can you really teach yourself?” asks the Dominican American executive chef and restaurateur.
Trump’s made man leaves the family without a single indictment
Salonby Heather Digby Parton15 Sept 2026
The definition of a Mafia made man is one who has Italian blood and is formally initiated into the “family,” having sworn an oath of omerta and promising to put the crime family above all else.
Why less steel and concrete isn't the same as more sustainable
Anthropocene Magazineby Sarah DeWeerdt15 Sept 2026
What humans have wrought is heavy. In a new study, researchers calculated the weight of more than 600 million buildings in cities across the world and came up with a total of 835 billion metric...
Why AI’s Inference Boom Is Forcing a Rethink Of Chips and Memory
IEEE Spectrumby Matthew S. Smith15 Sept 2026
The AI Inference Revolution Is Here Today’s tidal wave of queries is forcing hardware makers to pivot Since about 2020, AI has largely focused on training bigger and better models.
Bogland explores beautifully strange ecosystems
Science Newsby Aimee Cunningham15 Sept 2026
Bogland Merritt R. Turetsky W.W. Norton & Company, $29.99 Thank goodness Merritt Turetsky became captivated by boglands.
How mimes, beavers and filmmakers scored in the California budget
CalMattersby Lynn La15 Sept 2026
Lawmakers this year allocated $400,000 to a mime troupe in San Francisco, $250,000 to a San Luis Obispo nonprofit advocating for beavers and $500,000 to a nonprofit benefitting Los Angeles youth...
Spotify finally lets parents exclude kids' music from Wrapped and recommendations | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez15 Sept 2026
At last, parents, your prayers have been answered! On Tuesday, Spotify announced that it’s finally doing something to fix how your kids’ listening habits ruin your end-of-year Spotify Wrapped...
Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort15 Sept 2026
A day after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job over concerns that AI could kill us all by the end of the decade, I met with founders and brothers-in-law Rune Kvist and Rajiv Dattani.
NATO jets shoot down drone in Lithuanian airspace as Russia grows 'increasingly reckless,' Rutte says
FOX Newsby Bradford Betz15 Sept 2026
Two Italian Eurofighter Typhoons operating under NATO command scrambled overnight and shot down a drone over Lithuania, marking the first time a drone has been downed in the Baltic nation's...